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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06
NEGROES LYc,HED.
The Conspirators VIII" Killed Young Goo
In south Carolina Dead.

! The Conspirators VIII" Killed Young Good
| In south Carolina Dead.
CHARLESTON, :. C.. April 5.-At 4:3O
O'Clock this morning about sixty undis
guised men forcibly entered the Jail at
forkville and breaking open the cells
seized Giles Good. Baily Doodle, Friendly
Thompson and Nose Lipscomb. negroes
charged with the murder of John Lee
Good. young white lad, i'm December
last. Taking the prisoners one mile
north of the village they hanged them
to the limbs of trees. These men organ
lied a conspiracy in the fall of 1885 to
steal cotton and to murder. if necessary
To conceal their crimes. and they killed
young Cool The prisoners were To have
been tried this week hut the lynchers got
ahead Of the law.
foRKvILLE, $. c., April ). - This
morning about 4 O'Clock, a body of armed
men, some so or IS in number, visited
the Jail at this place and demanded the
keys of Sheriff Glenn, who declined to
deliver them, whereupon the doors were
battered in by the mob. Several of the
company then forced their way to the
inner cells, where six prisoners who were
recently brought from Columbia, charg-
ed with the murder of young Good, were
confined. Having selected five out Of
the six, the mob carried them out a mile
from the Court House. where they hang
ed them to trees with pillow lines. Their
names are Giles Good, Printy Thomson,
Bailey Dowdle, Dan Roberts and Nose
LipscOmb. The lynchers were not dis
guised.
In the Court of General Sessions. to-
day, Judge Pressby charged the Grand
Jury that while such cases are Ia he de-
plored, yet, like i'm the Edgefield case, it
would be difficult To convict any one
through the courts. He said the law
should he changed so as to allow sheriffs
to summon posse sufficient to guard
their prisoners. The lynchers are not
known and no steps have as yet
been taken To identify them. The bodies
OF five negroes were taken charge of and
buried by the county authorities. The
lynching was quietly executed. and |
part of those engaged in it.
John Lee Good. the murdered boy. was |
twelve years old, the son of William |
Good. prominent farmer of York |
county. On the 3Oth Of last November |
he detected several negroes stealing cot
ton from his fathers field. They set |
upon him and beat him To death
to prevent his informing on them. |
Nose Lipscomb. Dan Roberts. Bartey /
Dowdle and Printy Thomson We're sus-
pected and arrested. Printy and Dan
confessed that they did the killing and
Implicated the others. Subsequent in
vestigations showed that these negroes
belonged to "A large hand who were
bound together by secret oaths for the
purpose of robbery and To kill any one
who detected them i'm the act Of stealing.
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Mitchell, of Leon, Mr.. Gibbs nominated
Philip Walter, of Duval. Walker was
elected
A message was received from the Gov
erner. The reading began and was sus-
pended to allow the organization to- be
continued by the election as pages of
Walter Davis, of Putnam; f. NJ. Bre-
ward and p McGriff, of Leon.
On motion the appointment of Chap
lain, Janitor and two messengers was
left to the Speaker.
The motion for a committee of seven.
including the Speaker, on rules, was
carried.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Gibbs.
of Duval, concerning the drawing for
seats.
A substitute by Mr.. Campbell, of Wal
ton, elected considerable debate. 1t was
finally settled by the adoption of the
usual mode of drawing by counties.
THE SPEAKERS APPOINTMENTS.
After the drawing for seats the Speaker
announced his appointments: Chaplain,
Rev. III. f.. Partridge; JanitOr. III. c.
Billingsly: Messengers, j. III. Sylvester,
VIM. j. Smith; Committee on Rules,
Messrs. Pelot, Farnell, Spear. Evan,
Bielby and Gibbs.
The Legislature then adjourned.
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GREAT MASONS' STRIKE.
Demand for Nine HOurs-Ch ChieagO's
Carpenter strike.

BOSTON. April 5.-An extensive strike
of stone masOns and their labOrers and
mortar mixers has been inaug,Irated. Ii
includes the stone masOns and their ten
ders in Boston. Newton Center and
South birmingham. quite large body
of men being involved. The object of
the strike is To obtain nine hours per day.
with the same rate of wages as is paid
for ten hours. The strike is aimed prin-
cipally at those contractors who are not
members of the Master Builders or the
Mechanics Exchange Association, the
strikers being willing to accept the terms
offered by those connected with these as
sociations. which is nine hours per lay
and pay by the hour. These two objects
they have been trying to- obtain from the
others, committee representing the
men having waited upon several contrac-
tors To- induce them To grant these re-
quests. but the contractors refused them
The only building i'll process of erection
in Boston affected by the strike is the
new Court House. where thirty-iive men
are ON strike.
CHICAGO, April 5.-The carpenters
strike is still in progress. Small forces
of workmen quit this morning on build
mgs in course of construction. Ii is e.
timated that ut least one thousand more
men joined the strikers to day This
makes the total number out nearly !, S,OOO
In many places the bosses accedet To the
demands of the men hut the. Union
would not permit the men tn return tn
work until the Employers Association
has concluded to grant the Unions de
man,ls.
PITTsBURG. Pa. April 1.-Two hun
dred laborers AT the American iron works
of Jones x Laughlins, struck to-day for
an advance in wages of forty cents per
day The men Were granted an increase.
of thirteen per cent. recently and the
trm refused tn make any further CON
cession- The strike seriously interferes
with the operation of the immense e-tab- |
lishment
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THE NATIONAL. DRILL.
Approval by s"utherners Of the Entry oi
Colored Com panies-

Approval by S"utherners Of the Entry of
Coiored Companies
WAsHINGToS, April New entries
from Ohio, Louisiana and Dakota, an
ticipated by telegraph, were to-day re-
ceived at the headquarters of the Ma
tional Drill. Among the visitors was
Gen. Charles j. Anderson. of Richmond
commander of the first brigade of Vir-
ginia volunteers. He had a long confer
ence with Gen. Ordway and Manager
DeLeon and expressed himself emphati-
cally rs approving the position of the
committee, with reference to allowing
colored companies to participate i'm the
drill. Gen. Anderson commands the
first brigade of Virginia, i'm which are
two colored State guard companies
whose anticipated presence created ILL
feeling in Montgomery. The General
says he will bring the whole brigade,
horse, foot and artillery, amounting to
about thirty companies and five batteries
of artillery.
Adjutant-General Jones, of North
Carolina, has again visited headquarters
and expressed strongly his approval of
the position taken by the management
on this question. He says they could
have taken no other position in a Nation
al drill and that law, reason and Justice
are all ON their side.
News was also received here, to-day,
which indicates the appearance ON Gov
ernors' Day of a fine Maryland represen-
tatiOn, including the famous Fifth Mary
land and the Baltimore Light Infantry
battalion.
Major DeLeon, when asked by the re-
porter what he thought of the proposed
rival color line drill in Montgomery, re-
Piled Il have no time to think about it
at ALL One drill like ours is enough for
one man at one time. However, / don't
envy the man his job who proposes to
get it up"
Col. f. III. Cummings, late Inspector
General on General Murry's staff, was
recently appointed Chief of Bureau of
Information and Comfort of the drill un-
der Colonel Madigan. He opened his
office to-day at headquarters, 300 Penn
sylvania avenue, where all inquiries
should he addressed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. April Capt.
Amerin, of the Montgomery Greys, has |
received notice from the Atlanta Rifles |
that they have withdrawn from the Ma |
tional Drill. The decision was unani- |
nous.
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SHOT IN 4 COTTON PRESS.
BioOdshed Growing Ont or the La.
bOr Difficulties at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, April 5.-In fight in
the Factors Cotton Press. between the
members of the Old and New Councils.
this afternoon, Pat Gilchrst was shot
and dangerously wounded by Alexander
Paul. a colored yardman. The wounded
man. who Is also yarlInan. was sent to
the Charity Hospital. Paul was arrested
and taken To the Central station. Police
Superintendent Adams Is concentrating
his available force al the
presses. Paul says Gilchrist had
been threatening him for several
days. To-day, while standing at the
press. Gilchrist approached him. A
man named Burke held Gilchrist back,
but he broke away, drew revolver and
fired four shots Paul says he returned
the fire, emptying five chambers Of his
pistol, one of the bullets taking effect in
Gilchrist's abdomen. Paul il chairman
Of the Executive Committee Of Yard
men No. >. and ex-Nice- President Of the
Trades Assembly. He was also Vice
President Of the Cotton Council before
the Press Association difficulties origi-
mated. Gilchrist IL well-known in cot
ton circles and has always borne an ex-
cellent reputation. II is rumored that
shooting has also Ia ken place in the Ship
pers Press
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petitions for relief. In each case the
purpose of the petitioners is To secure a
suspension of the operation Of the long
and short havl feature of the law for
the present. and until the Commission
can give hearings upon each specific
ease
WILL PROBABLY BE GRANTED.
The Commission went into secret s..,-
SION and considered the petition pre-
sented by the Southern Railroad and
Steamboat Association asking relief from
the operation of the long and short haul
clause of ia" Interstate Commerce act.
Although no final conclusion was
reached the discussion indicated that the
operations of this clause of the law will
he temporarily suspended a. respects
th"s" roads, pending the full hearing of
Their ease. Ii is probable that the d,.cis-
ION VIII Ice arrived at tomorrow and
that public announcement will he
made ot the conclusion reached
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THE COERCION BILL.
Second Reading and Discussion by the
Commons

LONDON. April 5.-The second reading
of the Irish Grimes Act Amendment bill
was formally moved in the House of
Commons this afternoon by Mr.. Balfour,
Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sir Bernard
Samuelson. the Gladstonian member for
the Banbury Division of Oxfordshire.
moved an amendment to the bill to the
effect that ''the bill would, if passed, in
crease the disorder in Ireland and endan
ger the Union and the Empire and there
fore should be rejected"
Henry Chaplin, Conservative member
for the Sleaford division of Lincolnshire,
defended the bill. The land laws which
the Radicals now condemned, he said,
were passed while Mr.. Gladstone, mot as
a politician merely. but as am honest
man. To disown before Ireland and the
world. the doctrine of sheer plunder
now preached in Ireland. II there was
robbery in connection with the present
land system of that country the au-
thor of it was Mr. Gladstone. Ii was he
who fixed rents in Ireland under the
solemn guarantee that they should re.
main unaltered
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lican State Committee. SAYS that. while
he has no figures on which to base an
accurate estimate, his belief is that the
Republican State ticket is elected by
900. and that the amendment is defeat
Ell by the same figures. At 10 O'Clock
this morning Professor Dickie, Chairman
of the Prohibition State Committee.
claimed that the amendment had been
carried by 10000 majority.
Later figures materially change the
result of the prohibition amendment.
The Erening Journals figures now show
1900 against the amendment. and il is
unlikely that the majority will be over
come. The salaries amendment is prob
ably carried
Returns from yesterdays elections
are slowly coming in. 1t being settled
that the Republican State ticket EAs-
been elected by about ten thousand pIu-
rality, interest centers on the Prohibition
amendment. The Erening Journal saws
it is defeated by $500 majority, and
others claim that the majority will
reach 1900. but the Prohibition com
mIttee still claim the adoption Of the
amendI- ut. This claim is based on the
fact that all cities have been heard
from, while the country localities
where the movement had its greatest
strength has not Yet been fully reported
All the figures SO far received ON the
are partly estimated and lit
tie confidence can be placed in them, al
though it seems probable that the amend
ment is defeated by a small vote
This evening the Prohibitionists claim
that frauds We're committed against
them in several wards i'm this city and
say that several precincts will be con-
tested. 1t is asserted that known Prohi-
bitiOnists were prevented from voting
that ballots for the amendment were de-
stroyed; that the opponents of that
measure We're allowed to vote several
times, and that votes against the amend
ment were purchased
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Prohibition PROBABLY Carried.

DETROIT. MICH. April While the
returns from the counties are still de-
layed. it is certain that Long. Republi-
can. is elected to the Supreme Bench by
a handsome majority. He runs ahead
of Campbell. Republican. in nearly every
polling place. Campbell is probably elect
Ell by majority one-third less than that
of Long, and the Republican regents have
been successful bv majorities between
those of the two Judges. The country
has gone strongly for prohibition. but
the returns are not vet sufficiently defin-
ite 10 say whether the country has been
able to wipe out the majorities against
the amendment rolled up by the cities.
The probability this morning was that
the amendment has been carried by a
small majority The salaries amendment
has been defeated.
Jas Mcmillan, Chairman Of the Repub-
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Legislators sued for Dsn.u..

AUSTIN, TEX. April 5.-H. ;. Garfield.
the newspaper man who Was recently
imprisoned by order of the State House
Of Representative for having caused the
Speaker during the recent session. has
filed suit for damages against j. g.
Carr. Sergeant-at-Arms of the House,
and fifty-eight members Of the body who
voted for his imprisonment. He claims
81 actual damages. $4,000 for damages
in character and reputation and 10000
for punitory damages. The members
against whom suit is brought were serv-
ed with citations yesterday. and shortly
after the Legislature adjourned the
members held meeting to decide what
course To pursue. Those present agreed
that each would pay his pro rata share
Of the expense of defending the suit.
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NUMBER %.
Amer Ticket scaIn.r.. se.,..-

NEW YORK. April 5.-Despite the
scoffs Of those who have watched the
hitherto futile attempts of the great rail
road companies Ia do away with the
ticket scalpers, the trunk lines seem de-
dermined Ia enforce the recent order
stopping the payment of ticket commits
sions. To-day, at meeting at the Office
of Commissioners Fink, the General Pas
senger Agents OF the trunk lines decided
not to issue any through tickets ON any
connecting line which refused 10 join in
the new compact OF fails to enforce the
new rule. There were present General
Passenger Agents Wood, of the Pennsyl-
vania; Holwell. of the Delaware, Lack
awanna x Western; Monett, of the New
York Central; Lambert, of the West
shore. and Farmer, of the Erie
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Against the New Bridge.

ST. LOUIS, April 5.-The lower house
of the Municipal Assembly has defeated.
by IA vote of one. what is known as the
Merchants Bridge Terminal Facilities
bill, which was designed TO give the
Merchants Bridge Co. the right TO occupy
certain streets with railroad tracks Ina
order To furnish terminal facilities for
railroads which desired to use the bridges
when constructed. What effect this will
have on the building of the new bridge
here Is not known, but the bridge COM
pany has seven years in which TO con
struct their bridge. There is plenty Of
time to bring the same or "A similar bill
before another and new Assembly.
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THE SCALPERS SCALPED,
Trunk Line Managers Determine to
Suppress the Comm issiOn Business.

WAsHINGToN. April "a dispatch
from st. Louis to the Chicago Times an
notInces that the Eastern Traffic Associa-
tion have thrown out the tickets Of
twenty y-nine Western roads and calls il a
boycott Passengers on these twenty
nine roads can only purchase tickets and
check baggage to the point of connec-
tion with the bOycOtted roads. among
which are named the Missouri Pacific,
the Wabash, the Chicago and Alton and
the Rock Island roads. The Boston and
Albany. in the East. is also named
as among the boycotted roads.
dispatch from Pittsburg quotes As
sistant General Passenger Agent Van
Dusen Of the Pennsylvania Company. to
the effect that the talk Of .boycOtting" is
nonsense. THE lines over which
through tickets are not Icing sold are
simply waiting for the advice of their
counsel. Our company has already con
sented to sell through tickets over
large number of connecting roads. In in
stances where the sale of through tickets
have heen withdrawn il l.
merely temporary. The ticket
will he reinstated as soon a. legal advice
Is given to have us act as agents of each
of the different roads. We have cited
authority from several additional Wes-
tern roads this morning. A circular will
he issued to-day to sell through tickets
over such lines.
The lines giving such authority to the
Pennsylvania company include the
and Northwestern. the Chicago,
and st. Paul. the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy, and the Union
Pacific railroads
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A CLOSE VOTE.
fEASDALE WINS BY FOUR VOTES.
a Quiet and Closely Contested Election
Parker and wilson the Aldermen Manuc,
Reelected Marshal

Yesterday could not have been a pret-
tier day for an election and for an election
day it could not have been quieter one.
The people took lively interest, and
from early in the morning until the polls
closed the voters went up and deposited
their ballots. There was a pretty good
crowd around the polls all day, and all
seemed in good humor and hope
full for the success of their favorites.
So close was the election for Mayor that
only the final count of ballots decided
the question, when it was found that
Major Teasdale only led Capt Husson
by four ballots. The lateness of the hour
forbids an extended account of the pro-
ceedings of the day, and we can now
only give the result. The following are
the ballots as cast:
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Another Protest Against Coercion.

AUGUSTA, GA, April 5.-A large meet.
ing was held here, tonight. 10 protest
against the passage by the British Par
lament of the Irish Grimes Bill. Ii was
presided over by Mayor May and ad-
dresses We're delivered by Congressman
Barnes, Rev. DIR. Burrow, j. c. c. Black
and others. Letters and kilograms were
read from Governor Gordon and Govern
or Richardson of Sonth Carolina, Judge
Emory Speer, Congressman Tillman OF
South Carolina, Col. Clifford Anderson,
Attorney General and other prominent
citizens protesting against coercion and
sympathizing with the Irish people In
their struggle for home rule. The
meeting passed resolutions of sympathy
and support and ordered them cabled 10
Parnell and Gladstone.
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Guilty OF Election Frauds.

BALTIMORE, April 5.-Charles NJ.
Owens, Isaiah Waters, John Brandon,
John B, Sanner and VIM. J. Byrne.
Judges and clerks of election in the First
Ward, tried for conspiracy TO defraud at
the last municipal election, were con
victed in the Criminal Court to-day.
Netice of appeal was entered. II the
verdict is sustained the penalty is two
years imprisonmeht.~-Th The accused were
charged with putting ballots In the box
and entering on the poll book the nance
of persons who did not vote.
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JackSOnyille's Vote

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, April 5.-Con-
trary to expectations the Citizens ticket
was victorious yesterday by majOrities
ranging from 20 To 1850 The Success
ful candidates are: Mayor. John O. Bur-
bridge; Marshal, Theodore b. Herman
dez: Clerk, Alfred f. Mcclure: Collec-
tor, William Baya: Treasurer. Thomas 7.
Stockton: Assessor. John I'll. Burton. AL
dermen-First Ward, John Einig: Sec
ond Ward, Duncan A. Fletcher: Third
Ward, William ID. Barnett: Fourth
Ward, John III. Stevens.
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SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 5.-While
workmen were excavating for the walls
Of the Kennerley building in West Water
street, at ten this morning, n cave In oc-
moved, after the lapse of ~ minutes.
Three times the rescuers reached him,
when fresh earth tumbled down and
buried him again. The other three were
taken out alive, but seriously hurt. Their
injuries are not fatal.
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Poisoned BY Their Dinner.

BosToS, April 5.-The families OF Z.
w. Mitchell and OF Mrs. Coolbaugh, who
is sister of Mrs. Mitchell, and has three
children, were poisoned yesterday, with
the exception of the infant, IL is thought
by eating pork or canned Lima beans.
Those most seriously Ill are Mrs. Cool.
baugh and her eldest child, aged nine
years. Fatal results, however, are not
at present anticipated. Both the pork
and the beans will be analyized.
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Train wreckers at Work.

JACKSON, Tenn. April 5.-The south
bound passenger train on the Mobile and
Ohio Railway. due here at 9:a5, last
night, was wrecked at Carroll Station.
eight miles from this place. No one was
injured. though the passengers were con-
siderably shaken up. The accident
seems TO have been due To train wreckers.
as switch was partly thrown and an
iron bolt was found jammed between the
rails The railroad authorities Law the
deed at the door of residents Of that vi
cinity who they claim are seeking re-
venge on the engineer for running over
some Of their live stock recently.
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Molten steel Poured Over Them

P1rrSBURG. Pa. April at the
Edgar Thompson Steel Works at Brad
docks. Pa. about ten this morning. a
heat of steel had been dumped into a
portable ladle preparatory to pouring it
into the ingot moulds. when the Iuuid
metal exploded and scattered in all direc-
tions- Five pitmen were frightfullv
burned from head To foot. A coke boy.
passing the pit at the time, was caught
by the fash and his clothing burned
from his body. Two of the pitmen. il is
thought, are fatally burned. all the
others very seriously. All the physi-
clans in BraddockS were promptly sum-
moned and everything possible done for
the relief Of the sufferers
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CINCINNATI. April 5.-The complete
count for Mayor yesterday shows:
Smith. (Rep) l.. 1853; Watson. Dem H.
s5i: Stevenson, Q-abor) 1887: Smiths
plurality, $50 The pluralities of the
other candidates are a. follows: r. w.
Moore. Judge of the Superior Court.
1850; T. F. Horstman. City Solicitor.
$40: A. T. Bohrer. Treasurer. , ss2; J.
\. Caldwell, Judge of the Police Court,
3,9is; j. L. Schwartz. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Police Court, 3.45O: Emil Rea~...
CLERK of the Police Court, 92s.